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Health Care Freedom and Choice Act
To provide that the rule relating to ``Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage'' shall have no force or effect.
Summary
This bill nullifies a federal regulation issued in April 2024 by the Internal Revenue Service, Employee Benefits Security Administration, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The regulation addressed short-term, limited-duration insurance and independent, noncoordinated excepted benefits coverage. By nullifying this rule, the bill would prevent the regulation from having legal effect.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] (R-WI)
2 cosponsors
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] (R-FL)
Actions (2)
- Aug 1, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Aug 1, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2025
Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To provide that the rule relating to “Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage” shall have no force or effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Health Care Freedom and Choice Act”.
SEC. 2. SHORT-TERM, LIMITED DURATION INSURANCE RULE NULLIFICATION.
The final interagency rule published by the Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to “Short-Term, Limited- Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage” (89 Fed. Reg. 23338 (April 3, 2024)) shall have no force or effect. <all>
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